European Spine Journal

Multiple revisions of a L2 burst fracture in a suicide jumper: a retrospective analysis of what went wrong

P. Gahr, S. K. Tschöke, D. Haschtmann, Christoph-E. Heyde

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Multiple revisions in a L2 burst fracture in a suicide jumper: a retrospective analysis of what went wrong” (by P. Gahr, S. K. Tschöke, D. Haschtmann, Christoph-E. Heyde)

Max Aebi

Demographics of acute admissions to a National Spinal Injuries Unit

B. Lenehan, S. Boran, J. Street, T. Higgins, D. McCormack, A. R. Poynton

Indirect posterior decompression with corrective fusion for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the thoracic spine: is it possible to predict the surgical results?

Yukihiro Matsuyama, Yoshihito Sakai, Yoshito Katayama, Shiro Imagama, Zenya Ito, Norimitsu Wakao, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Keigo Ito, Mitsuhiro Kamiya, Tokumi Kanemura, Koji Sato, Naoki Ishiguro

Combined posterior–anterior stabilisation of thoracolumbar injuries utilising a vertebral body replacing implant

Christian Knop, T. Kranabetter, M. Reinhold, M. Blauth

Is there a way to diagnose spinal instability in acute burst fractures by performing ultrasound?

T. Vordemvenne, R. Hartensuer, L. Löhrer, V. Vieth, T. Fuchs, M. J. Raschke

A quantitative skin impedance test to diagnose spinal cord injury

Safak Sahir Karamehmetoglu, Mukden Ugur, Yunus Ziya Arslan, Deniz Palamar

C2-fractures: part I. Quantitative morphology of the C2 vertebra is a prerequisite for the radiographic assessment of posttraumatic C2-alignment and the investigation of clinical outcomes

Heiko Koller, Frank Acosta, Mark Tauber, Elisabeth Komarek, Michael Fox, Mido Moursy, Wolfgang Hitzl, Herbert Resch

Comparison of a minimally invasive procedure versus standard microscopic discotomy: a prospective randomised controlled clinical trial

Jörg Franke, R. Greiner-Perth, H. Boehm, K. Mahlfeld, H. Grasshoff, Y. Allam, F. Awiszus

Nuclear factor-kappa B decoy suppresses nerve injury and improves mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia in a rat lumbar disc herniation model

Munetaka Suzuki, Gen Inoue, Takefumi Gemba, Tomoko Watanabe, Toshinori Ito, Takana Koshi, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Masaomi Yamashita, Sumihisa Orita, Yawara Eguchi, Nobuyasu Ochiai, Shunji Kishida, Masashi Takaso, Yasuchika Aoki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Seiji Ohtori

Posterior pelvic pain provocation test is negative in patients with lumbar herniated discs

Annelie Gutke, Eva Roos Hansson, Gunilla Zetherström, Hans Christian Östgaard

Segmental in vivo vertebral motion during functional human lumbar spine activities

Guoan Li, Shaobai Wang, Peter Passias, Qun Xia, Gang Li, Kirkham Wood

Motor control of lumbar instability following exposure to various cyclic load magnitudes

AbdAllah Ben-Masaud, Deborah Solomonow, Bradley Davidson, Bing He Zhou, Yun Lu, Vikas Patel, Moshe Solomonow

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of back pain originating from endplate

Baogan Peng, Jindong Chen, Zengda Kuang, Duanming Li, Xiaodong Pang, Xinyu Zhang

The value of physical performance tests for predicting therapy outcome in patients with subacute low back pain: a prospective cohort study

Babak Moradi, Julia Benedetti, Anita Zahlten-Hinguranage, Marcus Schiltenwolf, Eva Neubauer

Psychosocial education improves low back pain beliefs: results from a cluster randomized clinical trial (NCT00373009) in a primary prevention setting

Steven Z. George, Deydre S. Teyhen, Samuel S. Wu, Alison C. Wright, Jessica L. Dugan, Guijun Yang, Michael E. Robinson, John D. Childs

An investigation of the reproducibility of ultrasound measures of abdominal muscle activation in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain

Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa, Chris G. Maher, Jane Latimer, Paul W. Hodges, Debra Shirley

Altered breathing patterns during lumbopelvic motor control tests in chronic low back pain: a case–control study

Nathalie Roussel, Jo Nijs, Steven Truijen, Liesbet Vervecken, Sarah Mottram, Gaëtane Stassijns

Reviewer’s comments concerning “Altered breathing patterns during lumbopelvic motor control tests in chronic low back pain: a case–control study” (J. Nijs et al., ESJO-D-08-00264 R2)

Michel Benoist

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